A Quote by Jean de la Bruyere

Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within.

Jean de la Bruyere

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Appear Makes Politeness Should Within

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Jean de la Bruyere
French - Philosopher
1645 - 1696

Politeness does not always inspire goodness, equity, complaisance, and gratitude; it gives at least the appearance of these qualities, and makes man appear outwardly, as he should be within.

Jean de la Bruyere

I'm extremely proud of being Latin; it's a big part of my life. It's not something I outwardly promote, just like I don't outwardly promote that I have green eyes and blonde hair. It's a part of who I am. I love the richness of the culture I grew up within.

Joanna Garcia

Love kindled by virtue always kindles another, provided that its flame appear outwardly.

Dante Alighieri

We have to continue to grow within and outwardly. We have to keep going.

Scott Avett

When pure sincerity forms within, it is outwardly realized in other people's hearts.

Laozi

There is a certain amount of politeness here in America, which is probably more than just politeness.

Yiyun Li

You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.

Vladimir Putin

Politeness only teaches us to save others from unnecessary pain.... You are not bound by politeness to tell any falsehoods.

Maria Edgeworth

I did not worry about what a man or woman personally believed, but the nation's official religion should be outwardly practiced by all its citizens. A religion was a political statement. Being a Calvinist, a papist, a Presbyterian, an Anglican labeled a person's philosophy on education, taxes, poor relief, and other secular things. The nation needed an accepted position on such concerns. Hence the fines for not outwardly conforming to the national church.

Margaret George

When you say, 'I enjoy doing this or that', it is really a misperception. It makes it appear that the joy comes from what you do, but that is not the case. Joy does not come from what you do, it flows into what you do and thus into this world from deep within you.

Eckhart Tolle

Believe that others are better than you in the debths of their soul, although outwardly you may appear better than they.

Saint Augustine

Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately.

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

It is a difficult matter for man to realize the extreme importance of social discriminations which seem outwardly insignificant but which produce in woman moral and intellectual effects so profound that they appear to spring from her original nature.

Simone de Beauvoir

People think that this concept of GDP is scientific economics, partly because it has a precise number and can be quantified. But the underlying concept of "the market" makes it appear as if today's poverty is natural. It makes it appear that Goldman Sachs and Donald Trump are job creators instead of job destroyers. That is illogical, when you think about it.

Michael Hudson

Regard as free not those whose status makes them outwardly free, but those who are free in their character and conduct. For we should not call men truly free when they are wicked and dissolute, since they are slaves to worldly passions. Freedom and happiness of soul consist in genuine purity and detachment from transitory things.